> Home of the original description and the author of the patch:
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg174415.html>
> Why not added this useful little patch for git-gui ?
>
> ( this patch resolve my problem with 8 spaces tab Linux Eclipse + Java
> program source + git gui
> and I apply locally it to each new version git before source compilation )
>
> original content of the message from the link above:
>

I do not use git-gui, and I do not speak very good tcl/tk either, so
I won't comment on the patch itself (Cc'ed its maintainer Pat), but
thanks for trying to relay, anyway.

> ----------------------
>
> For Tk 8.5 the "wordprocessor" mode allows us to get a bit fancy for merge
> diffs and intend the tabs by one to compensate for the additional diff
> marker at the line start.
>
> The code is heavily based on how gitk handles tabs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Lutz <michi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

With this, the author refuses to be contacted if/when any question
arises wrt the provenance of the patch, which is not a usable form
of a sign-off. When you relay a change from somebody else who
claims that he has rights to contribute the change to the project,
and you have the rights to relay that change to the project, please
also add your own sign-off. For further details, please check "(5)
Sign your work" section of Documentation/SubmittingPatches. I am
guessing that Michael is asserting DCO 1.1 (a) and (d), and you
without a name but only a number are asserting DCO 1.1 (c) and (d).

> I do not use git-gui, and I do not speak very good tcl/tk either, so
> I won't comment on the patch itself (Cc'ed its maintainer Pat), but
> thanks for trying to relay, anyway.
>
>> ----------------------
>>
>> For Tk 8.5 the "wordprocessor" mode allows us to get a bit fancy for merge
>> diffs and intend the tabs by one to compensate for the additional diff
>> marker at the line start.
>>
>> The code is heavily based on how gitk handles tabs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Lutz <michi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> With this, the author refuses to be contacted if/when any question
> arises wrt the provenance of the patch, which is not a usable form
> of a sign-off. When you relay a change from somebody else who
> claims that he has rights to contribute the change to the project,
> and you have the rights to relay that change to the project, please
> also add your own sign-off.

Heh, I spoke too fast. The original is at $gmane/190576 [*1*] and
the butchering of the address is only due to the the spinics list
archive pb158 grabbed his or her copy from.

So we don't need any forwarder's sign-off. As long as the change is
acceptable (I have no opinion on it), the original can be directly
applied.